Since we had the whole MS album art awards, I figured I would try and list out my favourites.
This is not in any order and has no relation to the music, there are bands in here that I don't like, but the artwork is still great.
I'm not quite sure of some of the illustrators and designers on some covers, so they have been left blank, if you do know who did them, let me know. If you think there are some artists that I would dig coz of similar work, just leave me a shout.
This list is not finished so I will keep adding covers that I like.
I don't like Derek Riggs work too much so don't ask me why an Iron Maiden cover is not on the list.

I like the fact there's some Travis Smith in here, though these are not quite my favorites you have nice taste, everything here is pleasant to look at and has some point.

Well I like some of his work, but his work for Nevermore is my favourite, I also like the cover for Anathema's A Natural Disaster.
I'm guessing you like his stuff for Opeth ? Or what are your favourites?

I really like his Riverside and Amorphis covers, and stuff he did for Novembre/Katatonia/Deadsoul Tribe is cool, there's some nice imagery in there even if I don't always like the way he delivers. My favorite is probably the cover he did for October Tide. Anyway, here's the full list for anyone interested: http://www.seempieces.com/GalleryFrameset.html

I really like his Riverside and Amorphis covers, and stuff he did for Novembre/Katatonia/Deadsoul Tribe is cool, there's some nice imagery in there even if I don't always like the way he delivers. My favorite is probably the cover he did for October Tide. Anyway, here's the full list for anyone interested: http://www.seempieces.com/GalleryFrameset.html

Ah cool. Well I've seen most of his work. I do like some of his other work, but probably not as much as the ones I've got in the list.
I just realised I haven't added the anathema one.
You'll probably notice that I prefer illustrations to photo manipulated covers, but that is just me

By no ways, Mastodon's Leviathan art didn't hit on my face to be honest. Except for that huge shark playing around in water, I don't see anything attractive/ catchy in that artwork. It's plain and simple. So for me it's big MEH. Infact, 4 ,5 ,6, 26 is way better than what you placed at 3rd.

By no ways, Mastodon's Leviathan art didn't hit on my face to be honest. Except for that huge shark playing around in water, I don't see anything attractive/ catchy in that artwork. It's plain and simple. So for me it's big MEH. Infact, 4 ,5 ,6, 26 is way better than what you placed at 3rd.

Lol ok.
Firstly, it's not a shark.
Secondly, as the description says, this is not in any order.

the idea of it is good, but it"s painted far too flat looking, so the final result looks terrible

You mean it lacks depth? Well I could see that. Still think it looks great though

Well rephrased, yes i mean that
Let"s compare it to something else for which flatness is bad:
If you, probably at a beach, got told there was a woman with no top and looked just to notice that she didn"t have breasts either, you wouldn"t say "still think it looks great"
And while a painting, no matter how well done, can never be as awesome as big breasts, that painting is still a great idea wasted by the execution, just like the situation in the comparison would be

Well rephrased, yes i mean that
Let"s compare it to something else for which flatness is bad:
If you, probably at a beach, got told there was a woman with no top and looked just to notice that she didn"t have breasts either, you wouldn"t say "still think it looks great"
And while a painting, no matter how well done, can never be as awesome as big breasts, that painting is still a great idea wasted by the execution, just like the situation in the comparison would be

Well rephrased, yes i mean that
Let"s compare it to something else for which flatness is bad:
If you, probably at a beach, got told there was a woman with no top and looked just to notice that she didn"t have breasts either, you wouldn"t say "still think it looks great"
And while a painting, no matter how well done, can never be as awesome as big breasts, that painting is still a great idea wasted by the execution, just like the situation in the comparison would be

that's one disturbing analogy

sorry for having disturbed your young brain
anyways, do you agree to it or not?

Well rephrased, yes i mean that
Let"s compare it to something else for which flatness is bad:
If you, probably at a beach, got told there was a woman with no top and looked just to notice that she didn"t have breasts either, you wouldn"t say "still think it looks great"
And while a painting, no matter how well done, can never be as awesome as big breasts, that painting is still a great idea wasted by the execution, just like the situation in the comparison would be

that's one disturbing analogy

sorry for having disturbed your young brain
anyways, do you agree to it or not?

Well rephrased, yes i mean that
Let"s compare it to something else for which flatness is bad:
If you, probably at a beach, got told there was a woman with no top and looked just to notice that she didn"t have breasts either, you wouldn"t say "still think it looks great"
And while a painting, no matter how well done, can never be as awesome as big breasts, that painting is still a great idea wasted by the execution, just like the situation in the comparison would be

that's one disturbing analogy

sorry for having disturbed your young brain
anyways, do you agree to it or not?

i pictured a post-mastectomy woman... fuck my education.

yes, you're kinda right.

sorry about that, didn"t want your mental image to get close to a grindcore album cover
anyways, have fun with your education, but please get a room for that

What do you have against nice big natural breasts?
Scared of beauty and great feeling, doom guy?

To me the shape is more important than the size. Hence why I hate fake ones almost always as well. But the size definitely matters too, obviously. Going from what you said, I think we agree on this topic.